Court of Appeal upholds Lidl workers' right to union representation

The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision to allow Lidl supermarket staff trade union representation.

5 May 2017

Lidl had attempted to overturn an earlier decision to allow employees at the company’s Bridgend distribution centre to have a union represent their interests but their attempt was dismissed by the Court of Appeal on Thursday 4 May.

The legal case was brought by the GMB union, represented by Leigh Day, on behalf of warehouse operatives in the Bridgend Lidl store.

Last year the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC), the independent tribunal with statutory powers over trade union recognition, found in favour of the Lidl employees on the question of what the correct “bargaining unit” was, and this decision was upheld by the High Court in August.